Understanding Gods Word An Apostolic Approach To Interpreting The Bible
Pneuma 29 (2007) 131-178 Book Reviews David K. Bernard, Understanding God’s Word: An Apostolic Approach to Interpreting the Bible (Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press,…
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Usage of the word "Replenish" in Genesis 1:28
Why in the Genesis narrative does God use the word REPLENISH when he tasks Adam with the responsibility of earth? There was no lifeform before creation of Adam , Eve and other lifeforms. So why did Adam have to REPLENISH?
Replenish by de…
What does "not understand it" mean in "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it," Matthew 13:19?
Matthew 13:19
"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path." ESV. My emphasis.
What has not be…
A Prophetic Word for the Church | Perry Stone
What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?
Isaiah 34:14 in the Masoretic Text is the following:
גְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹח
Here, לִּילִית is supposedly the only known mention of “lilith” in …
Does the Greek word anēr mean man (adult male) or male (male of any age)?
Bible verse
14 And increasingly believers in the Lord, large numbers of men (ἀνήρ, G435) and women, were being added to their number, (Acts 5:14, NASB20)
(Greek word study for anēr [ἀνήρ, G435])
The best Greek dictionaries define anēr (ἀ…
If “church” is not translated from any biblical word, is this an example of changing the meaning of scripture?
The etymology of church cannot be traced to the Greek word, ekklesia. Christians persist on using a unscriptural word to justify their religious tradition of associating people to a physical structure. We all know this… why do we allow it?…
Can the Hebrew word בְּהֵמָה refer to both wild and domestic animals at the same time?
In Genesis 6:20 we read that God told Noah to keep three categories of animals
Flying creatures
Animals
Creeping things
What confuses me is the word בְּהֵמָה translated as "animals." Lexicon says that it is usually in reference…
Are there any recognized Rules in Translation Committees that speak to whether a Greek word should be "translated" or "transliterated"?
Are there any Universal Rules for transliterating instead of translating used by translation committees? Or is this practice left up to individual committees, and their traditions, seminary emphasis, denomination make-up, etc.?
We are not…
Denying WORD of PROPHECY today?
I read a comment from one denying that there are prophets today. He based it on only Jesus speaking today and the prophets purpose…
Sustaining the Weary with a Word
This isn’t a private message, but it is a deeply personal one. This morning, I opened my Bible to Isaiah 50:4-9, one of the passages assigned for this coming weekend in The Revised Common Lectionary. And God met me there. The first few lines of the pas…
How should "to whom the word of God came" in John 10:35 be understood?
John 10:35 Literal Standard Version
If He called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the Writing
is not able to be broken),
To whom did the word of God come?